Recent content by richkev

My last brew was an Irish Red Ale.

Nice!

Count me in!

Inkbird products have never let me down.

Always good!

It looks like 8-10...

Will do, and thank you. I will definitely be settling on something within the next 2 months. I'm ready to get brewing again and it'll be nice to get a bay of my garage back, for myself. All of these AIO's do what I want, which boils down to ease of use. I just need to make a decision.

Not yet. I'm moving my daughter to an apartment in a couple of weeks, so I'm waiting until that's done. It's amazing how much stuff girls can accumulate. I'll have a lot more room in the house once that's done. I still haven't settled 100%on which system I am going to buy, but I am leaning...

The hops issue does seem to be a problem with almost all of the AIO's. I usually use a hop spider. Not a big deal, but it would be nice not to have to bother with one. Another question I have is about the pump. I was leaning towards one of the units that have more modular parts, but I do like...

I agree that the videos were fairly rushed and the negative aspects they picked out weren't really important to me either. One reviewer really seemed put out that the heating element was "overpowered". I have to say, you'll never hear me complain about anything having too much power. Too little...

Yeah, I guess we can only drink so much beer. That was always a problem I had when I did bigger batches. One reason I'm looking at AIO's is the 5 gallon (and smaller) batch sizes. Did you ever get your efficiency numbers up? I remember you mentioning that they were lower than you expected. I'm...

I've been following this thread since I started researching AIO's. It's been a bit since anyone has really posted. I'm a little surprised that I haven't seen more of the svbs online. How are your brew days going? It checks a lot of boxes for me, especially when it comes to ease of use. I'll be...

Lol, that definitely gets my attention. I just bought a flex+ during the latest sale. Looking forward to seeing what is rolling out.

It's a surprisingly hard decision! There are things I like and dislike about each one, but these are the units I'm trying to narrow down: Blichmann breweasy, Ssbrewtech svbs, Brausupply unibrau, Spike Solo, and the Clawhammer. I'm only brewing 5 gallon batches from now on and I definitely...

Hi from Fairhope, AL. It's been awhile since I was last active here, so I thought I'd re-introduce myself. I've been a member here since 2007, but I haven't been brewing for the last 5 or 6 years. I started extract brewing in 1999 after finishing my graduate work and quickly moved over to all...